BJP's Harpreet Kaur Babla Wins Chandigarh Mayor Polls, Defeats AAP By 2 Votes

Harpreet Kaur Babla of the BJP emerged victorious in the Chandigarh Mayor elections, defeating Prem Lata of AAP by two votes.

Written By : ABP News Bureau | Updated at : 30 Jan 2025 01:57 PM (IST)

Chandigarh Mayor Polls BJP Harpreet Kaur Babla Wins Defeats AAP By 2 Votes BJP's Harpreet Kaur Babla Wins Chandigarh Mayor Polls, Defeats AAP By 2 Votes

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Bharatiya Janata Party's Harpreet Kaur Babla won the Chandigarh Mayor elections on Thursday defeating Aam Aadmi Party's Prem Lata by a slim margin of two votes. Babla secured 19 votes while Lata got 17 votes and no vote was found invalid in the civic polls contested by BJP and AAP-Congress alliance.

The result was announced by presiding officer Ramneek Singh Bedi.

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The saffron party has a total of 16 councillors in the 35-member house of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation, while AAP has 13 councillors and its ally Congress has six councillors.

Besides the councillors, the Chandigarh MP also has a voting right as an ex-officio member. Congress leader Manish Tewari is the incumbent Lok Sabha MP from the Chandigarh seat.

The BJP candidate's victory suggests cross-voting.

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Former Punjab and Haryana High Court Justice (retd) Jaishree Thakur was appointed as an independent observer for the mayoral poll by the Supreme Court.

Following the election of the mayor, polling for the posts of senior deputy mayor and deputy mayor would now take place.

Bimla Dubey and Lakhbir Singh Billu are BJP's candidates for the posts of senior deputy mayor and deputy mayor respectively.

The AAP and Congress are contesting the mayoral polls in alliance. The mayor's post was contested by the AAP.

For the posts of senior deputy mayor and deputy mayor, Congress has fielded Jasbir Singh Bunty and Taruna Mehta respectively.